I was a rebellious kid, always getting into trouble.

The Sherry Theater, which I named after my mom, is a place I can go. I do want to give back to the community. There are so many people out there who want to be seen and heard, and get connected.

I learned that if we set our mind to things, we can accomplish almost anything no matter what the circumstances are.

I was a crazy guy in Hollywood back in the day, and then when I switched into theater I got into work mode.

I never want to look back on any moment and say I could have done more. So I go all in.

As different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire.

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.

When I write a song, I see a tunnel, and then the chorus is an open space, or the bassline is doing this shape. I see songs as a more of a geometric, spacial experience.

The greatest rules of dramatic writing are conflict, conflict, conflict.

Meditation means learning how to get out of this current, sit by its bank and listen to it, learn from it, and then use its energies to guide us.

Leave the wrong done by another where the wrong arose.

For me, the most gratifying projects are ones that have the potential to bring people together - to overcome differences among various groups, and to spark dialogue.

You can find that sort of regularity in Stock Exchange quotations. [Expressing his lack of confidence in reported regularities in the periodic classification of elements.]

I'm not trying to ally myself with the rock stars of the universe.

If someone wants to know about Scientology, they should just go and read about it themselves. That's the best way to do it.